Definition

to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• consume
• dissolve
• (be) faint(-hearted)
• melt (away)
• make soft

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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